翻桌

fānzhuō

verb

Meanings

1 to flip a table over (in anger)
2 (at a restaurant) to turn over a table - i.e. complete one cycle of diners and seat the next group

Characters

to flip / turn over

Examples

HSK 5

这家小餐厅周末能翻桌好几次。

Zhè jiā xiǎo cāntīng zhōumò néng fānzhuō hǎojǐ cì.

This little restaurant turns its tables several times on weekends.

HSK 5

他听到这话，气得差点翻桌。

Tā tīngdào zhè huà, qì de chàdiǎn fānzhuō.

When he heard that, he was so angry he almost flipped the table.

Tips

usage

Two very different senses, both literal: (1) the rage gesture of physically flipping a table; (2) restaurant industry jargon for 'turning' a table - how many groups of diners use the same table in one day. 翻桌率 is a key metric for restaurants.

Stroke Order

翻 fān

桌 zhuō